A teenage boy’s attempts to participate in a swimming competition are the catalyst for director Sadaf Foroughi’s complex story
Elizabeth faces a personal crisis around her 40th birthday in this slow-moving but beautifully-shot biopic from Marie Kreutzer
A Soviet secret service officer takes it on the lam to avoid what he knows all too well is coming for him in this tight thriller
This incredible assemblage of all things Bowie from filmmaker Brett Morgen is the definitive portrait of the celebrated artist
Witchcraft heals old wounds – but also causes them – in this compelling if beguiling sci-fi-drama from director Léa Mysius
This distinct spin on Bresson’s Au Hasard Balthazar from the Polish director presents a unique view of the strange world of mankind
This intimate epic from Belgian directors Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch packs a powerful punch
Construction workers get revenge on white collar criminals in this amiable, audience-pleasing drama from director Milos Pusic
A breathtaking vision of a post-apocalyptic landscape highlights this new feature from directing duo Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper
Noomi Rapace and Alice Elgert star in this evocative but interminable folk horror film steeped in Macedonian legend
A team of culinary performance artists hone their craft in this new feature from the director of In Fabric and The Duke of Burgundy
A middle-aged woman develops a close relationship with her escort in this two-character piece from director Sophie Hyde
Buckley plays a woman whose countryside getaway turns terrifying in the latest feature from the director of Ex Machina and Annihilation
French volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft are profiled in Sara Dosa’s straightforward but utterly compelling new documentary
Viggo Mortensen and Kristen Stewart star in this talky but hypnotic new feature that debuted in competition at Cannes.
Rush will be awarded KVIFF’s Crystal Globe at the closing ceremony, while Del Toro will receive the festival’s President’s Award
David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future and Park Chan-wook’s Decision to Leave are two of the high-profile films playing at this year’s film fest
Dario Argento and Françoise Lebrun are an elderly couple struggling to come to terms with dementia in this emotional ride
Rapace and Hilmir Snær Guðnason play a childless couple who discover a gift from nature – and then pay the price
Binoche plays a writer who becomes a working-class cleaning woman to build some credibility for her latest book
Swinton plays a woman tracking down a mysterious sound in Colombia in this latest feature from the director of Uncle Boonmee
This new documentary filled with previously unseen footage puts a human face on the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Václav Neužil is radiant as the Czech athlete who won three gold medals at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics
The two-time Oscar winner will be award for his contribution to world cinema at the festival’s opening ceremony on August 20